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Grammar : Verb
Spell : stim-yuh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪm yəˌleɪt



Definition of stimulate

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Latin stimulatus, past participle of stimulare (see stimulation). Related: Stimulated; stimulating.
  • verb excite, provoke
Example sentences :
  • May the bright example of Lydia stimulate us to a similar conduct!
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • The sense of proportion within a design is employed to stimulate and delight the eye.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • Nothing is too filthy to be used to stimulate the base sensuality of the public.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • And now that it came it did not come to stimulate, but to palsy.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Every people have sought some article with which to stimulate the human system.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • Her depravity did but stimulate her woman's shrewdness and tact.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • A kettle of this was brewed, and it served to stimulate and warm them.
  • Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace
  • This was the second attempt he made to stimulate my curiosity.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • A wearisome beaten path, with nothing to interest, nothing to stimulate me.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • I have no occasion to stimulate your kindness and affection.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey

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